Low Registration Sinks Tea Party Convention

Posted by Paddy

· Thursday, July 14th, 2011 at 6:30 am

Hard to keep the momentum going if it’s a fake movement. h/t Mr Goatee.

Organizers of the Freedom Jamboree announced Wednesday that they have canceled the tea party convention planned for this fall, citing low registration.

They had hoped the event would serve as a stage for Republican presidential candidates to court the conservative movement, and two — Rep. Michele Bachmann (Minn.) and former Sen. Rick Santorum (Pa.) — had already confirmed they would attend.

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Only 62 tea party groups had committed to attending, well under the 350 that Temple estimated would be needed to break even.

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Tags : bust, convention, fail, Teabaggers

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_DW7LHDQQLRH5RQG2AGEXP35QGM Mr. B

True — but, just add ice, and you’ll have a tasty beverage in just 5 minutes!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_DW7LHDQQLRH5RQG2AGEXP35QGM Mr. B

Quick! Somebody call the Koch brothers!!
Atlas Shruggery

Did FreedomWorks stop paying the Baggers to attend these things or something?
Anonymous

hard to keep the momentum going when you’re wearing a hat made out of teabags IN THE RAIN!
Emily Peacock™

Hard to keep the momentum going when a movement is (allegedly) riderless, leaderless and directionless.
http://twitter.com/MeLoseBrainUhOh W. Brian Tucker

Social conservatives were scared off by the name. “Freedom Jamboree” sounds too much like an orgy.
http://twitter.com/SamBronkowitz Samuel Bronkowitz

Ah shucks…and here I had blocked the time off. Now I’m gonna have to come up with something else to do.

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Low Registration Sinks Tea Party Convention

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